Which of the following statements accurately reflects the relationship between force and distance in Coulomb’s Law?(1 point)

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They are proportional; as distance increases, the force between two charges will decrease.
They are proportional; as distance increases, the force between two charges will decrease.

They are inversely proportional; as distance increases, the force between two charges will also increase.
They are inversely proportional; as distance increases, the force between two charges will also increase.

They are inversely proportional; as distance increases, the force between two charges will decrease.
They are inversely proportional; as distance increases, the force between two charges will decrease.

They are proportional; as distance increases, the force between two charges will also increase.

1 answer

The correct statement is:

They are inversely proportional; as distance increases, the force between two charges will decrease.

This reflects Coulomb's Law, which states that the force between two point charges is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. As the distance increases, the force decreases.